Resend
Setting Up Resend
Resend is the email service used by Framecast AI to send transactional emails. This includes welcome emails, password resets, model training notifications, and headshot delivery confirmations.
Create a Resend Account
Sign up at resend.com and verify your domain. Resend requires a verified sending domain to deliver emails.
Get Your API Key
Navigate to the API Keys page and generate a new key.
Update Your .env File
Open your .env file and set the following values:
RESEND_API_KEY=your-resend-api-key
RESEND_SENDER_EMAIL=Your App <noreply@yourdomain.com>The sender email must use a domain that is verified in your Resend account.
Customizing Email Templates
Framecast AI ships with built in email templates for all transactional emails. If you want to customize the content, styling, or logic of these emails, you will find the relevant code in:
lib/emails/for the email sending logic and templateslib/resend.tsfor the Resend client configuration
Resend offers 3,000 free emails per month on its free tier. This is more than enough for development and early stage products.
Why Resend?
If you are wondering why Resend over something like AWS SES, here is a quick comparison:
| Feature | Resend | AWS SES |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | 3,000 emails/month | 3,000 messages/month (first 12 months only) |
| Setup Time | Minutes | Hours (complex approval process) |
| SPF/DKIM | Automatic | Manual configuration |
| Best For | Startups, Next.js apps, MVPs | High volume, AWS native infrastructure |
| Developer Experience | Excellent SDKs, React Email support | Complex, requires paid support plan |
Resend is built on top of AWS SES under the hood, so you get the same delivery infrastructure with a significantly better developer experience. If you are comfortable with AWS and need to send 100k+ emails per month, SES may be cheaper at scale. For most use cases, Resend is the faster and easier choice.